Video: Would-be Secretary of State now doing Indian accents when talking about call centers
posted at 4:50 pm on January 26, 2012 by Allahpundit
Via National Journal, a new bit he’s working on as part of the “Indian accents” segment of the stand-up routine that is his political career. (If I’m not mistaken, “Indian accents” debuted on Biden’s double live album “Clean and Articulate.”) This is one of those gaffes where I feel obliged to mock him in the interest of fair play, because I know a Republican would be roundly pounded for doing the same thing, even though there’s really nothing malicious in what he says. He’s talking about call centers being outsourced to India and that is, kinda sorta, an Indian accent he’s attempting (although not a derisively over-the-top one), and so therefore … what? He hates Indians? C’mon. No man with hatred in his heart could get this excited about Indian immigrants working at 7-11 and Dunkin Donuts.
Remember, this guy’s dream job is to be chief diplomat of the United States.
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Imagine if Mittens picked Jindal as his running mate. Can you imagine that VP debate?
Doughboy on January 26, 2012 at 4:52 PM
More bigotry from the bigoted left.
CurtZHP on January 26, 2012 at 4:53 PM
Biden is a complete joke, but I couldn’t hear any attempted accent. Sorry.
fiatboomer on January 26, 2012 at 4:53 PM
We really dodged a bullet with that Palin chick, didn’t we?
lorien1973 on January 26, 2012 at 4:53 PM
It’s between 10 and 12 seconds. Then he remembers he’s in public and drops it. It’s pretty apparent.
I don’t give a crap either way, but it’s there.
lorien1973 on January 26, 2012 at 4:54 PM
Groan. It’s just so hard to understand how even the obviously biased LSM is able to restrain itself from shredding this man.
cynccook on January 26, 2012 at 4:54 PM
I discovered that he sorta looks like Peggy
faraway on January 26, 2012 at 4:55 PM
Okay, how abut no faux outrage. Granted, it’s a huge “What if a republican did it” thing but come on. The ONLY thing we should be outraged about is how the media would have treated this if a republican did it.
DethMetalCookieMonst on January 26, 2012 at 4:55 PM
I heard the accent-it is true though
gerrym51 on January 26, 2012 at 4:55 PM
This is pathetic. Weddy, Weddy pathetic.
;-)
TheLoudTalker on January 26, 2012 at 4:55 PM
He’s just celebrating that peoples like the Cherokee, Sioux and Navajo will be working on call centres.
The_Livewire on January 26, 2012 at 4:55 PM
“It used to be that I only had to deal with Indian people in a 711, now they’re everywhere!”
-Stand Up Joe
Bishop on January 26, 2012 at 4:56 PM
Do you think Hillary gave him candy to do it?
Fleuries on January 26, 2012 at 4:56 PM
Apu is gonna sue!
Ladysmith CulchaVulcha on January 26, 2012 at 4:57 PM
Joe Biden once again proves that he’s President O’Bummer’s most valuable life insurance policy.
Moose Drool on January 26, 2012 at 4:57 PM
Maybe the accent was Pakistani, not Indian.
My collie says:
Sometimes, I like the way you think, collie.
CyberCipher on January 26, 2012 at 4:58 PM
Okay, and Allah said this:
So…where is the “faux outrage” you speak of, exactly?
cynccook on January 26, 2012 at 4:58 PM
Heh. He stopped three or four words in. I’m actually impressed that he caught himself, considering his diminished capacity.
ElectricPhase on January 26, 2012 at 4:59 PM
That’s a good way to describe it.
Esthier on January 26, 2012 at 5:00 PM
I listened twice and if there was an attempt at an accent, it was so weak as to be almost imperceptible.
WisRich on January 26, 2012 at 5:00 PM
I have three things to say to Biden:
1) Terrible Indian accent.
2) It’s a Discover Card commercial and the guy is an Eastern European named “Peggy.”
3) You’re an idiot.
Pattosensei on January 26, 2012 at 5:00 PM
“That wasn’t an Indian accent, it was a translation.” — Joe Biden’s Press Office
ThePrimordialOrderedPair on January 26, 2012 at 5:00 PM
Maybe it was an al-Qada accent.
SouthernGent on January 26, 2012 at 5:00 PM
We need Hillary.
BedBug on January 26, 2012 at 5:02 PM
Well that, and the fact that incidents like this, Hillary’s “Ghandi Gas Station”, and the hundred or so Obama’s gaffes that NEVER get “treated.”
Most Americans don’t know that Obama is actually a babbling moron without TOTUS, because they’ve never seen or read about it. Some “watchdogs” our press have become.
TugboatPhil on January 26, 2012 at 5:02 PM
And that it’s just really dumb. His idiocy is really amazing sometimes.
Esthier on January 26, 2012 at 5:02 PM
He sounds like he has a mouth full of Chapati.
Pork-Chop on January 26, 2012 at 5:03 PM
She translates like a demon. A retarded demon.
RESET!!OVERCHARGED!! YAY!ThePrimordialOrderedPair on January 26, 2012 at 5:04 PM
Quick make a campaign commercial pointing out how he is insensitive to Indian Americans!
Then Jindal could come out and say, no it really wasn’t that that no candidates are really insensitive to Indian Americans.
Lily on January 26, 2012 at 5:04 PM
Silly rabbit, racism can’t have (D) after it’s name!
thirtyandseven on January 26, 2012 at 5:04 PM
Let’s just hope he in fact DOESN’T agree to be Secretary of State and effectively switch with Hillary so she is on the ballot.
If he does it’s game, set, match. Not to mention the fact of how AWFUL the man will be at the actual job.
cdog0613 on January 26, 2012 at 5:04 PM
I confess, I would have missed it completely if it hadn’t been pointed out to me. Aside from the obvious “if a Republican had done this…” I don’t see anything here that is worthy of my time. Honestly folks, isn’t this why conservatives and other Republicans get harangued by the left? Do we really need to make nonsense like this a “news story?” Let’s try to stick to things that really matter and make a difference, shall we? Otherwise we just look stupid; more stupid than our opponents’ gaffe fests.
Pilgrimsarbour on January 26, 2012 at 5:05 PM
Him are smart. Just ask he.
jukin3 on January 26, 2012 at 5:05 PM
I didn’t pick up the accent. But Biden is just trying to keep up with his leader, Obama, who turns on the jive when talking with his people, as do the Clintons when talking with Obama’s people.
GaltBlvnAtty on January 26, 2012 at 5:06 PM
He’s now officially one glass of scotch away from being the crazy uncle at Thanksgiving.
Meric1837 on January 26, 2012 at 5:06 PM
That IS the ENTIRE POINT.
It’s more a story about the media than pea brain Biden.
Dr. Carlo Lombardi on January 26, 2012 at 5:07 PM
not as good as telling the handicapped guy to stand up and take a bow, or that three letter word ‘jobs’, but he’s got plenty of time to add to the routine before Nov 2012…
burserker on January 26, 2012 at 5:07 PM
Lib4life and Bedbug will be along soon to defend Biden.
Won’t be long now…
Wait for it…
St Gaudens on January 26, 2012 at 5:08 PM
Small state but it grows big crazy!
IlikedAUH2O on January 26, 2012 at 5:08 PM
You shouldn’t use those words, but your hate is noted.
BedBug on January 26, 2012 at 5:08 PM
It was an Austrian accent.
Raquel Pinkbullet on January 26, 2012 at 5:09 PM
Mother Theresa couldn’t defend Biden. We want Hillary to replace him.
BedBug on January 26, 2012 at 5:09 PM
I heard the accent, but he gave it up after the first few words when he rightly realized it would probably get him in trouble. The way he scrambled for another example and looked off-stage for assurance was an indication of his desperate attempt to switch tracks.
YoungAmerican on January 26, 2012 at 5:10 PM
You need a cranial enema.
BTW, her thighness made a similar stupid Indian-711 remark a couple of years ago.
Dr. Carlo Lombardi on January 26, 2012 at 5:10 PM
“Vat iz yur level of consciousness today?”
Schadenfreude on January 26, 2012 at 5:10 PM
WTF – Biden did a mini-Indian voice impression…So what!
Can’t we find something a little bit more substantive to be outrageously outraged about?
Deafdog on January 26, 2012 at 5:11 PM
Why don’t you take some sleeping pills? Be sure to wash them down with some Anti-freeze.
Raquel Pinkbullet on January 26, 2012 at 5:11 PM
Imagine if Mittens picked Jindal as his running mate. Can you imagine that VP debate?
Doughboy on January 26, 2012 at 4:52 PM
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Lol, that would be priceless!!
ellifint on January 26, 2012 at 5:11 PM
And the last time this jackass sat on the phone waiting for help from a call center?
Crickets. Crickets.
soozer47 on January 26, 2012 at 5:11 PM
That was an Indian accent? Eh. Either he’s really bad at it, or his tongue got twisted, because it was barely audible.
MadisonConservative on January 26, 2012 at 5:13 PM
Bend It Like Biden
Christien on January 26, 2012 at 5:13 PM
They don’t call him “slow Joe” for nothing; but that he could get the #2 spot doesn’t say much for the rest of us as an electorate.
StevC on January 26, 2012 at 5:13 PM
I propose that we institute a scale for gaffe’s much like the Richter scale, and that we call it the Biden scale. Sadly, this one is only about a 2.5 on the Biden scale.
DFCtomm on January 26, 2012 at 5:14 PM
But…but…isn’t mensa mutt BedBug…from the sensitivity police?
KOOLAID2 on January 26, 2012 at 5:14 PM
This has been part of his routine for awhile, the Indian dialect schtick. I’d like to see him slip into some ghetto talk from the ‘hood. See how far that gets him. Or throw in a “Peace Be Upon Him” when talking about Saudi Arabia. Use Hispanic lingo when talking about picking fruit. How about a little black housekeeper thrown in: “I don’t know nuthin’ ’bout birthin’ no babies!”.
Paul-Cincy on January 26, 2012 at 5:14 PM
Ron Paul is already everyone’s favorite crazy uncle. He’s more like everyone’s favorite democrat.
Raquel Pinkbullet on January 26, 2012 at 5:14 PM
Since he’s so ecststic that Barney Frank is in love, he lapsed into a Barney Frank accent and you just thought it was an Indian accent.
they lie on January 26, 2012 at 5:15 PM
I remember that
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1Mq8kOXV_E
and the media made sure people didn’t get to see it
burrata on January 26, 2012 at 5:15 PM
are you kididng me, with all the accents he can do, he is more than qualified :-)…not to mention the boost that the USA-India relations would get instantaneously :-)….
on a different note, can’t make up my mind if he is the biggest moron ever or the biggest moron in the Obama administration…
jimver on January 26, 2012 at 5:17 PM
I got slammed in another thread for mentioning McCain’s fingers, yes, I know he was a POW and I apologized, but I also listed a number of insults that Michelle Obama has taken here at HA. I’d like to see a link to this remark from Hillary. Oh, and your hate is noted
BedBug on January 26, 2012 at 5:17 PM
Good God, let’s hope he get’s offered a job at a call center in Calcutta!!
Deano1952 on January 26, 2012 at 5:18 PM
Wow, this is a HUGE victory for REAL America. This clearly opens the door for Palin/West 2012.
KeninCT on January 26, 2012 at 5:18 PM
Tum pagal hai, Biden-ji!
Christien on January 26, 2012 at 5:18 PM
awesome snark–AP!
ted c on January 26, 2012 at 5:19 PM
Translation: I got spanked again, so I’ll change the subject.
CurtZHP on January 26, 2012 at 5:19 PM
Stand up, Chukker!
Christien on January 26, 2012 at 5:20 PM
BedBug on January 26, 2012 at 5:17 PM
dude….you are cruisin for a bruisin with the ban hammer.
ted c on January 26, 2012 at 5:20 PM
I think Joe Biteme, is going to be Barney Franks best man at the upcoming nuptials.
KOOLAID2 on January 26, 2012 at 5:20 PM
.
Its way past 3:00AM for that.
FlaMurph on January 26, 2012 at 5:20 PM
In other news, conservatives are dumb and prejudiced.
Mr. Wednesday Night on January 26, 2012 at 5:20 PM
yawn. Sounded like he was going to start with the accent, then after like 3 words stopped. I use fake accents all the time. Commedians make a living being able to do different characters and voices. Let’s move on. Yes, if a Republican had done it, it would be all over the news, but lets not encourage that at all, it just validates the political correctness of the left and their ridiculousness vis-a-vis “racism.”
Timin203 on January 26, 2012 at 5:21 PM
Chod Biden
Christien on January 26, 2012 at 5:21 PM
Oh!…or… He might be giving Barney away!
KOOLAID2 on January 26, 2012 at 5:22 PM
You do a lot of noting. Lose a page from the script?
ThePrimordialOrderedPair on January 26, 2012 at 5:22 PM
I can’t wait to hear the real Biden stories as VP…you know after the election, when they can be reported.
d1carter on January 26, 2012 at 5:23 PM
How about telling another poster to commit suicide? Do your get a medal for that?
BedBug on January 26, 2012 at 5:23 PM
If this had been a Republican the folks at MSNBC would be using so many “dog whistles” references that you’d think you were watching Animal Planet.
Code words, dog whistles…they can find covert meanings in the ingredients of a box of corn flakes.
SteveMG on January 26, 2012 at 5:24 PM
Why do I get the feeling that we’re going to be seeing the end of ‘Of Mice and Men’ re-enacted pretty soon? Figuratively speaking of course.
Biden: We’re gonna win another four years, right Barack?
Obama: That’s right Joe, you and me, another four years.
Biden: That’s nice, I like this job.
Obama: Hey Joe, look over there.
Biden: Wha-
*BLAM*
Obama (on phone): Hey, uh…Mr. Soros sir? There’s been a terrible accident. Remember that thing in Ft. Marcy Park and the Clintons? Yeah, something like that.
Left Coast Right Mind on January 26, 2012 at 5:24 PM
What would Neil Kinnock have done?
Mr. D on January 26, 2012 at 5:24 PM
that wpuld be raaaaacist :-)…but seriously now, why are you surprised that he picked on one of the most successfull of all the immigrant communities in the US in temrs of achievements, and the least likely to actually get govt freebies and live on the dole…this is what the stas say: ‘the 1.5 million Indian Americans (the Sikhs included) in the US top the US Census charts as the best-educated, highest-paid and top-placed community among the 38.1 million foreign-born population in the country.’…
jimver on January 26, 2012 at 5:24 PM
Joe Biden, corndog millionaire.
Christien on January 26, 2012 at 5:24 PM
Couldn’t she primary Jugears? It would be much more fun.
katy the mean old lady on January 26, 2012 at 5:25 PM
What an impressionist…. /s
Now let’s see Biden do Bawney Fwank – oh wait – let me rephrase that…..
dentarthurdent on January 26, 2012 at 5:25 PM
I think O’Reilly is giving Bawney away :-)..he earned it :)…
jimver on January 26, 2012 at 5:25 PM
Ooh. It’s been noted. By whom and for what purpose? By you, you walking yeast infection? Why? So you can hang little Post-it notes of our “hate” (“derision” would be the more accurate term.) on your mirror while Mother dresses you funny?
Note away!
CurtZHP on January 26, 2012 at 5:26 PM
Lol!
squint on January 26, 2012 at 5:26 PM
Joe Biden, the Tom Alter of American statemanship.
Christien on January 26, 2012 at 5:27 PM
She would be called. a racist and lose the African-American vote. Look what they did to Bill in SC in 2008.
I’m a Clinton democrat. I don’t like what the Obama campaign did to them.
BedBug on January 26, 2012 at 5:27 PM
Made YOU itch, didn’t I?
Men don’t get yeast infections.
BedBug on January 26, 2012 at 5:28 PM
uh, i barely heard any accent there actually…
Sachiko on January 26, 2012 at 5:28 PM
The Gaffemeister is untouchable!
Christien on January 26, 2012 at 5:29 PM
I am from India (originally)and I take offense – not because it was made to appear funny but out of malice. He has a history on this. he is a repeat offender.
Let him not diss America’s largest ally and democracy. But how does he care? He is not going to have a 2nd term.
vpaddy123 on January 26, 2012 at 5:31 PM
It’s a Hate Crime and he belongs in prison!
Karmi on January 26, 2012 at 5:31 PM
“I was talking about a native American, Chief Hopenchange”
BobMbx on January 26, 2012 at 5:33 PM
There’s not a straight man in the history of comedy that can touch him.
BobMbx on January 26, 2012 at 5:33 PM
What are her “Qualifications”?
And I am talking about US Senator, not to mention any office higher than that.
Del Dolemonte on January 26, 2012 at 5:34 PM
I can barely hear an accent, and it doesn’t sound like Apu.
Ted Torgerson on January 26, 2012 at 5:36 PM
I think this whole regime has a thing against Indians, specially Hindus and Sikhs, I think its because of this regime’s pro-jihad agenda.
Even the supposed diplomats find a way to insult Indians , while in India :
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2026046/U-S-diplomat-tells-Indian-school-children-train-journey-dirty-dark-like-them.html#ixzz1kbfJfk5H
burrata on January 26, 2012 at 5:36 PM
a 3-letter word: C-A-L-L center.
t8stlikchkn on January 26, 2012 at 5:38 PM
What did Bill Clinton “accomplish” in 8 years as pResident, other than leave his successor 9/11?
And remember, FED stats prove that the “Clinton Recovery” in fact started 18 months before your Democrat Media elected him pResident.
Del Dolemonte on January 26, 2012 at 5:38 PM
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